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I've read so many authors from #threelistthursday, just not the specific book that was chosen. 🤣
Random Thoughts
🩵 I was happy to see Jean Auel's The Clan of the Cave Bear on the list. The series is so good, but I don't see it on many lists.
🩵 I'm finally going to tackle Don Quixote in 2026.
🩵 A #bookishconfession: I've started Great Expectations 3 different times and never finished. I have no idea why. I liked what I read! 🫠
@dabbe

10/10. Very well written and gave a wonderful and interesting visualisation of life, love and humanity in the Stone Age.

Quest for Fire vibes
Extremely repetitive
Still, I liked this.. Why?
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#haikureview
I watched the movie adaptation of this book with my partner as I was reading the end, and honestly, I was more a fan of the movie ending than the book one.🤫
Despite the Multitude of repetitive descriptions throughout the book (WE GET IT), and the fantasy ideation of Clan Life 25,000+ years ago... I still find myself checking out Valley of Horses.. *sigh

I may end up hating this. It's been on my shelf awhile, and I've been ambivalent about reading it due to the author not actually knowing a damn thing about Indigenous folks/their culture. I'm on Chapter 3. 2 things have irked me thus far. But I do enjoy the imagery/atmosphere of what it would be like living on Earth 25,000+ or so years ago. If it gets too cringe, I'll Ban the Clan, but I'm of an open mind thus far.

#historicalfiction

#TLT @dabbe

It‘s well and truly Friday here in Western Australia, but I‘ll play anyway 😁. For the last 25 years or so I haven‘t re-read books because there are just too many new ones waiting, and I‘ll never get to them all 😱. So these are from my teens and early 20‘s.

1. Clan of the Cave Bear.
2. The Shell Seekers.
3. The Outsiders.

Wanna play @Jeg @Rissreads ?

😍
El Clan del Oso Cavernario es el primer volumen de la saga Los hijos de la Tierra. Narra la historia de Ayla, una huérfana niña Crogmanon que es adoptada por la curandera y el shaman de un clan Neanderthal.

Antropológicamente, es una obra excelente porque muestra cómo pudo haber sido la vida en las cavernas y el choque ficio-cultural de estas dos especies de que nos antecedieron.

(1980) Almost forty years ago I read and liked this story about a cro-magnon orphan raised with a tribe of neanderthals. But the series has gathered such a reputation for "caveman porn" or "prehistoric Mary Sue" or both, I was sure I'd hate it this time. And yes, my response was more jaded than high-school-me's, but the world is still intriguing, the story engaging, and no trace of suck-fairy dust. Yay! Now as for the next books .... we'll see.

#Movie2BookRecs @Klou
Prompt: Quest For Fire

Happy Tuesday everyone! Here are the #Two4Tuessday for this last Tuesday of September. Thanks to everyone who played last week!

My answers:
📘 Totally! The time period does not matter only the story and characters.
📘 The Clan of the Cave Bear (tagged)

Want to play? @eggs @wanderinglynn @Branwen @MoonWitch94 @DaveGreen7777 @CrowCAH @EadieB @RamsFan1963 @The_Penniless_Author @ozma.of.oz @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @JessClark78 @bthegood

#manicmonday #LetterC @CBee

📖 The Clan of the Cave Bear
✍️ Bernard Cornwell
🎞️ Clueless 📺 Clarissa Explains It All
🎤 Fred Chapellier
🎵 Capital T by Walking Papers

Would you like to play @Ruthiella @AmandaBlaze ?

Finished this recently. It only took me 2 months!
I didn't have the physical copy but found the audiobook in my husbands audible account 🙂 I only have been able to listen to it in the car between trips to work.
Loved it though! I've started the second book Valley of Horses now and I have both the audio and the physical copy. Looking forward to getting through the series of 6.

#BookCoverChallenge
Day 219.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

Today‘s story—in college I helped at a book signing for Jean M. Auel. I asked her to sign a book for my then boyfriend (now husband). As she did, I told her I was going to graduate school to study archaeology—it seemed in line with her books (at least a little)—& for the next few minutes she told me why it was a terrible idea. She didn‘t change my mind, but she did make an impression!

I‘d love to hear your favorite stories!

#FavoriteSignedBooks

It took me almost two years to read this book! I acknowledge the level of research and attention to detail is incredible, even today. Auel's ability to imagine the inner workings of Neanderthal culture, internal lives and spirituality is admirable and ground-breaking. My problem was with Ayla's story itself. I struggled with too much melodrama, the “chosen one“ trope and the often slow pacing. But I'm glad I read it as I learned a great deal. 🙂

It‘s #jolabokaflod and I‘m super excited to start this book and eat my chocolate after my kids have gone to bed. Thank you @MaleficentBookDragon for organizing it and to @ShelleyBooksie for sending me exactly what I wished for! #jolabokaflodswap

Oh my goodness! This was so fast and SO PERFECT!!! Thank you @ShelleyBooksie for the book and chocolate. I was just thinking about this book yesterday, wishing I had it for the two weeks off of school. And now I do!!! You are the best! I‘m off to hide my chocolate from the children… @MaleficentBookDragon #jolabokaflodswap

Finished this for #bookspin August. Enjoyed the story, but didn't fall head over heels though. It was interesting to read about this time and it led me to some Wikipedia searches. I peeked at the end of the book to know what would happen, which was frustrating with all that happened with Broud. I have part 2 too; one day I'll read that too.
TBR since January 27th. 2015; 495 pages.
@TheAromaofBooks

Tackle the TBR 🤓📚 #boleybooks #theclanofthecavebear #jeanmauel #bookbeast #bookjoy #readwithme
What are you reading? 😊

I read the The Clan of the Cave Bear and the entire series as a teenager, and now, as a 32 year old, I just finished reading them again. A must read,timeless series. 4 stars ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

I read the 1st 3 books in the series when they were released in the 80‘s. Listening to the audiobook book has been easing me out of my book slump. The story is memorable and worth a revisit. How many of you remember how popular these books were at the time? I‘m starting the 2nd book on my way to work tonight. 5/5⭐️s
(BTW the movie was awful!)

The story follows Ayla, one of the homo sapiens to walk the earth when humans were still foraging and gathering. She ends up with the tribe, with all the problems that occur when you look and think differently. I didn't had that "I need to finish" urge, but you can pick it up wherever you left off and you're immediately immersed in the story once more. Beautiful story, decently written and the first of a series. I will be reading part two soon.

My favorite series is Harry Potter, but who doesn't love HP? And if you don't, I'll try to overlook that fact.

Thought I'd pick a series I loved when I should have been reading Harry. I read Clan of the Cavebears when I was in 7th grade. Maybe a little bit young, but I loved it and binged the Earth's Children series.

I haven't reread it in a long time, but it is one I want to revisit again soon

#MBCReadathon
#mbcgiveaway4

Day 9 #20Series20Days @Andrew65

I remember babysitting for a couple who had an excellent, extensive library. I didn't know them well so I didn't mess around with the books - just gaze at the spines. I must have kept the title in the back of my head because 30 years later I came across the same book and instantly the memory came to mind. These books have wonderful elements of magical realism and touches of climate change in the prehistoric times.

Tagged book
Truman Capote
Cheers
CSNY
Charm Assault - Ride

#ManicMonday #LetterC @JoScho

"She could not feign a submission to a greater male superiority she did not feel."

Damn straight. Did you kill a hyena with one little rock? I don't think so, dude!

"...It was something deeper, more humbling. It was the knowledge that she had overcome herself. It came as a spiritual revelation, a mystical insight..."

I absolutely love the experience of reading a book that's been around forever, but is new to me. Books truly are timeless. And what a remarkable story so far. The human experience hasn't changed all that much in thousands years. What a comfort.

Spring picks for #Booked2019 are done! 😄

@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

This is the best book I've read this year so far. It's the first of six. Needless to say I've put books 2-6 on my TBR.

#Booked2019
@Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft
(Cli-fi)

#GAR
#LitsyAtoZ

I'm 100 pages in and completely absorbed in this book. Excellent so far! 💗

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This sounds like an interesting challenge! I‘m not sure I‘m up for a 22 hour #audiobook, though. What was popular your birth year?

https://www.audible.com/ep/tblt-april

Link is working now.

Ahhh! My current #knittingproject and #currentread are all matchy-matchy! 🍁🍂 It looks so pretty!

#knittingaddict #knitstagram #instaknit #readersofinstagram #booknerd #bookish #yarnlove

I added this as a 'to-read' long ago when I saw it was on the list as a Great American Read. I went into it blind and thoroughly enjoyed it! What a different world you are taken into! 5 yr old Ayla is seperated from her family when an earthquake hits, killing them and leaving her alone to survive in the wilderness.
She is saved from near death by a new clan of humans unlike her own. Is she too different from them for her to be accepted?

These are the new additions for my #FirstInASeries Display, have you read any of them? 😁

#LitsyLovesLibraries #MrBooksDisplays

Different kind of book for me

Boyfriends brother gave me a late Christmas gift; the book he‘s been obsessed with this month 😂

Has anyone read it? Opinions? I can‘t say I‘ve ever read prehistoric fiction... but I can say it isn‘t making me want to drop my books and pick it up 😅 But I told him I would give it a go.

#winterwonderland #babyitscoldoutside

Baby it‘s cold outside, but inside the cave under the bearskins? 🔥🔥🔥🔥

😂😂 Read this when I was sixteen and it was eye opening!

This was really interesting. Not fast-paced, but a time period I‘ve not read about before (the Ice Age). I had a hard time with the hunting (particularly the pregnant mammoth), but I know they would have had to back then. With the way it ended, I would like to continue with the next book in the series. Even if I wasn't going to read the next book, I can't see myself forgetting this one anytime soon.

#makemereadit book 4/7 #theclanofthecavebear
I definitely have mixed feelings about this book.
On one hand I flew through all 465 pages in only 2 days so I must have liked it right? But also I got quite tired of some of the repetitive themes + very unsatisfying ending, I guess I have to read the rest of the series 😉
Has anyone watched the movie? Is it good?

(Pic featuring some handmade wooden figures my mom painted 😊)

My small early birthday #bookhaul arrived today! I'm working on minimizing my tbr pile so this may or may not be the last haul of the year, depending on my self control. #bookmail

What happens when a Neanderthal medicine woman finds a small Cro-Magnan girl near death? She saves the girl‘s life and forever alters the path of the Clan she lives with.

A sweeping saga that follows Ayla as she grows up and struggles to follow the rules and to fit within the clan hierarchy. I had some issues questioning some things the author chose to do, but overall I really enjoyed it and definitely look forward to continuing Ayla‘s story.

I borrowed this once and let it expire and never went back until I saw it on the Great American Read list. I wish I hadn‘t waited this long as I loved it! I particularly enjoyed the descriptions of their surroundings from that time period and the ways they survive and enjoy life in such an unforgiving climate. I need to know what happens next to Ayla and I'll be grabbing the second book soon! #GreatReadPBS #GARbongo #102of2018

Still working on this one... had to switch to print, someone else wanted the audio! #greatamericanreads #pbs #pbsgreatamericanreads

I read these books (four of them, then I was fed up with them) in my early twenties, and blushing. I probably wouldn‘t now but I remember Jondalar and Ayla as very #promiscuous ☺️🤣!
#HeatofJuly

Another missing check mark from the #greatamericanreads on actual CDs! #greatamericanread

🎧 Delta Rae - After It All

🎧 That‘s a difficult one. Based on my listening history, Hans Zimmer.

🎧 Another toughie. Almost anything goes, but probably Classical.

🎧 Spotify

🎧 @glitterkitty459 😊

#hellothursday @wanderinglynn - fab questions 💙

@posierope thanks for the tag my sweet.

I read this because it's part of #TheGreatAmericanRead, and I have heard it given a lot of love through the years. Although I cringed periodically at the inconsistencies in the narration and the story, I still really liked it. I fell in love with many of the characters (Creb, Iza, Brun) and found the overall story engaging. #greatamericanread